AVA business ethics are above reproach. I had dealings with then from 1978 until 2010’s. I only stopped because I decided to focus on the highest quality two channel systemI could afford:
PassLabs xp-32, Bryston 28 squareds, Well Tempered 254 GT turntable with Grado Aeon cart, Hagerman Reference Trumpet with pre 1956 Mullard tubes, and a full loom of Black Cat Setsuna level 2 cabling Cardas ClearBeyond XL power cords. Speakers interestingly, are VMPS RM-30 which were $7k new in 2010. Direct sales model like AVA. Otherwise I imagine they would have been about 24,000.
Buy from AVa with complete confidence